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Ї R · · R t h рm_Hn╞ : H & . R R ╖ 0 ч R с T а с R Ї · · · · ┘ Minutes of conference call 04/18/2006 Time 930 A.M. CST with follow-up updates
Attendees Ц Shankar Ramachandran and Reshma Madhusudan - Project Stewards from Asha Chicago, Meril from Aralu
1) PPC Revised budget
Money asked for food is only for Yedlapur PPC
TeacherТs salary only for Yedlapur PPC
HelperТs salary Ц 1 for Yedlapur PPC and the other to work with the Anganwadi
Staff training and childrenТs camp information awaited
Budget modifications
With the PPC in Kamthana no longer functioning; Meril has requested that only helper; Savitha, needs to be retained so she can take the children to the other Anganwadi (1/2 km away) for the next few months; until the new Anganwadi is ready for operation. After that she would helpful in sustaining the kids at this anganwadi and help them in the transition phase. However, it needs to be kept in mind that Savita has joining PUC and may leave soon. This needs to be followed up with Meril and ensure he has a replacement.
Update as on May 2, 2006 - Budget approved as on May 2, 2006. Money to be sent from funds raised through from Work an Hour, 2005
2) Belaku budget pending as of Conference call - reason being problems Meril is having with working with Microsoft Excel
Update as on May 2, 2006 Ц Belaku budget obtained from Aralu. Few clarifications pending before sending funds.
Status of Anganwadi Ц
The building is under construction and will probably take another two months. Building is nearly ready; bill payment has already been done for the constructions. The plastering and the roof is pending as per Meril. Aralu is working with the government to get this completed. We need to monitor this closely. Meril has contacts with the Chairman of the Gram Sabha of Kamthana, who is inclined towards the work of Aralu and that helps.
Meanwhile, the helper and children go to a different Anganwadi; which is located ╜ a km away. It is a Lingayat school; primarily for higher caste children; but as of now there has not been any hindrance in the children going to the anganwadi. The teacher in the Anganwadi is from the Scheduled Caste but is politically strong in the area. This is a definite boost to AraluТs plans.
Since the Kamthana PPC is no longer functioning; Bharati, the teacher is no longer working there. Bharati is currently at home; her husband is a pastor at Kamthana. We have urged Meril and he himself is looking into the option of using her experience elsewhere.
Technical requirements requested
Aralu need two computers and one printer with Xerox/scan facility. Reshma and Shankar would look into this and try and get them computers at the earliest. This is a definite roadblock for them in terms of documentation and this delays their sending updates to us as well.
Update as on May 2, 2006 Ц As an immediate solution, one computer has been arranged from Bangalore. Process underway to get the computer to Bidar.
Following PrasannaТs suggestions we will also look into working with Meril to tap local resources as far as computer and service for the computer goes. There have also been suggestions to get a proposal for the computer from Meril; which he has included in the Belaku budget. Other suggestions were to see if Asha Bangalore or Asha Pune, who have done site visits to Aralu could help out in the computer and computer training area.
Another roadblock is their lack of computer knowledge. We have urged Meril to try and send somebody to a computer-training workshop where the person could gain some knowledge and experience of working with computers. He is open to the idea but feels that there has to be a system in place. Meril on his part has been trying his level best to convince the accountant to get some computer training but motivation is a problem there.
Staff training and ChildrenТs camp Ц There has been an allocation for this in the budget of PPC and Meril will send us the details of both these programmes; with details of when they would be held and what they include.
Solar proposal
Meril has sent us a proposal for the solar power system in Belaku orphanage. Shankar shall look into this and also try and get information from Asha projects yahoogroups, Kuvempu and any other sources and figure out the best way to work this out.
An important issue that needs to be addressed is to look into the possibility of sending somebody from Aralu to Barefoot College to obtain some training.
Updates from Aralu
We have received two documents in Kannada that need to be translated. Reshma and Shankar are looking to find somebody to translate the document
IMPORTANT ЦWe are looking into finding somebody who can translate the documents.
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